Bridle-bit



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No. 474,368. Patented May 10, 1 892.

U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREIV I-I. CONN, OF WILTON JUNCTION, IOIVA.

BRlDLE-BIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 474,368, dated May 10,1892.

Application filed June 16, 1891. $erial No. 396.424- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW H. CONN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Wilton Junction, in the county of Muscatine andState of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Bridle-Bit, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My object is to get better control of a horse by means of a bridle-bit,as required, to prevent the dangers and accidents incident to the use ofbits that can slide laterally in a horses mouth when power is applied tothe bit by means of reins, to direct and govern the animal while inmotion or to check speed and arrest advance whenever desired.

IIeretofore bridle-bits have been constructed in such a manner thatpower applied to the reins would force the mouthpiece upward relative tothe cheekpieces and the jaw of a horse; but in no instance have thecheekpieces been drawn inward relative to the mouthpiece and the nose ofa horse to pinch the animal by the pressure of the cheek-pieces at thesame time that the mouthpiece is pressed upward against the upper jaw byforce applied to the bit by means of reins attached to the bit.

My invention consists in the construction and combination of twocheek-pieces and a stiff mouthpiece, as hereinafter set forth, in such amanner that when power is applied to reins connected with thecheek-pieces when the mouthpiece is in a horses mouth the cheek-pieceswill move toward each other, as required, to press against the sides ofthe horses mouth, and the mouthpiece will move upward relative to thecheek-pieces, as required, to press upward against the upper jaw of theanimal.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one ofthe cheek-pieces. Fig. 2 shows the two mating cheek-pieces connected bymeans of the mouthpiece, as required, to producea complete bridle-bit.Dotted lines indicate the positions the three pieces will assumerelative to each other when the reins are pulled hard enough to contractthe bit, as required, to cause the cheek-pieces to press against thesides of a horses mouth and the connecting cross-bar or mouthpiece toslide upward to press against the upper jaw of an animal. 3 is aperspective view showing the bit in a bridle on a horse, as required forpractical use.

A represents. a frame or ring and the main part of one of the matingcheek-pieces.

B is an integral loop or ring adapted for connecting a nose-bandtherewith.

C is a corresponding integral loop or ring at the lower part of the ringA, adapted for connecting a driving-rein therewith.

D is an integral bearer for the mouthpiece. It inclines outward andupward from its lower end and extends inward at right angles at its topend.

The parts A, B, C, and D constitute one of the complete cheek-pieces ofthe mating pair that are alike in all respects, excepting oneis for theright side and the other for the left side.

F is the mouthpiece in the form of a stiff cross-bar that has flat endsinclined relative to its longitudinal axis and bent around the bearers Dof the cheek-pieces, as required to produce sliding connections and acomplete bit that can be readily applied and operated in the manner andfor the purposes stated.

I claim as my invention A bridle-bit consisting of mating cheekpieces,each of which has a mouthpiece-bearer inclined outward and upward fromits lower portion and elbow-shaped at its top portion and a cross-bar orrigid mouthpiece having sliding connection at its ends with said bearersto operate in themanner set forth, for the purposes stated.

ANDREW H. CONN.

Witnesses:

G. H. WALDRON, F. 0. MICHAEL.

